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MN HF267

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/11/2023

Primary Sponsor

Leigh Finke

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Origin

House of Representatives

93rd Legislature 2023-2024

AI Summary

  • Repeals Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 609.2241, which criminalized the knowing transfer of infectious agents for communicable diseases.

  • Eliminates criminal penalties for sexual penetration without disclosure of communicable disease status, transfer of blood/organs/tissue, and sharing of nonsterile syringes for drug injection.

  • Removes affirmative defenses previously available to those who took practical prevention measures or followed professional infection control procedures.

  • Effective August 1, 2023, and applies to crimes committed on or after that date.

Legislative Description

Crime of the transfer of an infectious agent for a communicable disease from one person who knowingly harbors the agent to another repealed.

Last Action

Author added Lee, K.

3/20/2024

Committee Referrals

Public Safety Finance and Policy1/11/2023

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